The names listed here are used in Sweden. See also about Scandinavian names.

ACKE   m   Swedish
Swedish short form of AXEL

ADOLF   m   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Czech, Ancient Germanic
From the Germanic name Adalwolf, which meant "noble wolf" from the Germanic elements adal "noble" and wulf... [more]

AGATA   f   Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Polish, Czech, Slovene, Russian
Cognate of AGATHA

AGDA   f   Swedish
Swedish form of AGATHA

AGNES   f   English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name ‘Αγνη (Hagne), derived from Greek ‘αγνος (hagnos) meaning "chaste"... [more]

AGNETA   f   Swedish
Swedish variant of AGNES

AGNETHA   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian variant of AGNES

AINA (1)   f   Finnish, Scandinavian
Variant of AINO... [more]

ÅKE   m   Swedish
Swedish form of ÁKI

ALBERT   m   English, French, German, Slovene, Polish, Russian, Dutch, Scandinavian, Ancient Germanic
From the Germanic name Adalberht, which was composed of the elements adal "noble" and beraht "bright"... [more]

ALBIN   m   Scandinavian, Polish, Slovene
Form of ALBINUS

ALEXANDER   m   English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Hungarian, Slovak, Biblical, Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Αλεξανδρος (Alexandros), which meant "defending men" from Greek αλεξω (alexo) "to defend, help" and ανηρ (aner) "man" (genitive ανδρος)... [more]

ALEXANDRA   f   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, French, English, Greek, Portuguese, Romanian, Czech, Hungarian, Slovak, Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Feminine form of ALEXANDER... [more]

ALF (1)   m   Scandinavian, Norse Mythology
Derived from Old Norse alfr "elf"... [more]

ALF (3)   m   Scandinavian
Short form of ADOLF

ALFHILD   f   Norwegian, Swedish
From the Old Norse name Alfhildr which was composed of the elements alfr "elf" and hildr "battle"... [more]

ALFRED   m   English, French, Scandinavian, German, Polish, Dutch
Derived from the Old English name Ælfræd, composed of the elements ælf "elf" and ræd "counsel"... [more]

ALVA (1)   f   Swedish, Norwegian
Feminine form of ALF (1)

ALVAR   m   Swedish
From the Old Norse name Alfarr meaning "elf army", formed of the elements alfr "elf" and arr "warrior".

AMANDA   f   English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Scandinavian, Dutch, German, Finnish, Late Roman
In part this is a feminine form of AMANDUS... [more]

ANDERS   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of ANDREW... [more]

ANDREA (2)   f   English, German, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Scandinavian
Feminine form of ANDREW... [more]

ANDREAS   m   German, Greek, Scandinavian, Welsh, Ancient Greek, Biblical Latin
Ancient Greek and Latin form of ANDREW... [more]

ANJA   f   Scandinavian, Finnish, Slovene
Scandinavian, Finnish and Slovene diminutive of ANNA

ANNA   f   English, Italian, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Estonian, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Icelandic, Catalan, Provençal, Breton, Biblical, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Form of Channah (see HANNAH) used in the Greek and Latin Old Testament... [more]

ANNE (1)   f   French, English, Scandinavian, Finnish, German, Dutch, Basque
French form of ANNA... [more]

ANNELIE   f   German, Scandinavian
Short form of ANNELIESE

ANNIKA   f   Swedish, Dutch, Finnish, German, English (Modern)
Swedish diminutive of ANNA

ANSGAR   m   German, Scandinavian, Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic elements ans "god" and gar "spear"... [more]

ANTON   m   German, Russian, Scandinavian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Slovene, Romanian, Estonian
Form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

ANTONIA   f   Italian, Spanish, English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Polish, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

ARNBORG   f   Swedish
Swedish form of ARNBJÖRG

ARNE (1)   m   Scandinavian
Originally an Old Norse short form of names beginning with the element arn meaning "eagle".

ARON   m   Polish, Scandinavian
Polish and Scandinavian form of AARON

ARVID   m   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Arnviðr, derived from the elements arn "eagle" and viðr "tree".

ÅSA   f   Swedish
Short form of Old Norse feminine names beginning with the element áss "god".

ASBJÖRN   m   Swedish
Swedish form of ÁSBJÖRN

ÅSE   f   Scandinavian
Danish and Norwegian form of ÅSA, as well as a Swedish variant.

ASLÖG   f   Swedish
Swedish form of ASLAUG

ASTA   f   Scandinavian
Short form of ASTRID

ASTRID   f   Scandinavian, German
Modern form of ÁSTRÍÐR... [more]

AUGUST   m   German, Polish, Scandinavian, English
German, Polish and Scandinavian form of AUGUSTUS

AXEL   m   Scandinavian, German
Medieval Danish form of ABSALOM

BARBRO   f   Swedish
Swedish form of BARBARA

BEATA   f   Polish, German, Scandinavian, Late Roman
Derived from Latin beatus meaning "blessed"... [more]

BENGT   m   Swedish
Swedish form of BENEDICT

BENGTA   f   Swedish
Swedish feminine form of BENEDICT

BERIT   f   Scandinavian
Variant of BIRGIT

BERNHARD   m   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Ancient Germanic
German, Dutch and Scandinavian form of BERNARD

BERNT   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of BERNARD

BERTIL   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of BERTHOLD

BIRGER   m   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Birgir, probably derived from bjarga meaning "to help, to save, to protect".

BIRGIT   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian variant of BIRGITTA

BIRGITTA   f   Scandinavian, Finnish
Most likely a Scandinavian form of BRIDGET via the Latinized form Brigitta... [more]

BJARNE   m   Scandinavian
Modern form of BJARNI

BJOERN   m   Scandinavian
Variant of BJÖRN or BJØRN

BJÖRN   m   Swedish, German, Ancient Scandinavian
From an Old Norse byname meaning "bear".

BJÖRNE   m   Swedish
Diminutive of BJÖRN

BO (1)   m   Swedish, Danish
From the Old Norse byname Búi which was derived from Old Norse bua meaning "to live".

BODIL   f   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Bóthildr, derived from bót "remedy" and hildr "battle".

BORGHILD   f   Scandinavian, Norse Mythology
Derived from the Old Norse elements borg "fortification" and hildr "battle"... [more]

BÖRJE   m   Swedish
Variant of BIRGER

BOSSE   m   Swedish
Swedish diminutive of BO (1)

BRIGITTA   f   German, Dutch, Hungarian, Scandinavian (Archaic)
German, Dutch and Hungarian form of BRIDGET

BRITA   f   Scandinavian, Finnish
Diminutive of BIRGITTA

BRITT   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian short form of BIRGITTA

BRITTA   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian short form of BIRGITTA

CAI (1)   m   Scandinavian
Variant of KAI (1)

CAJ   m   Scandinavian
Variant of KAI (1)

CAJSA   f   Swedish
Variant of KAJSA

CAMILLA   f   English, Italian, Scandinavian, Finnish, Ancient Roman, Roman Mythology
Feminine form of CAMILLUS... [more]

CARIN   f   Swedish
Variant of KARIN

CARINA (2)   f   Scandinavian, German
Variant of KARINA

CARITA   f   Swedish
Derived from Latin caritas meaning "dearness, esteem, love".

CARL   m   German, Scandinavian, English
German form of CHARLES... [more]

CATHARINA   f   Dutch, Swedish
Dutch and Swedish form of KATHERINE

CATHRINE   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of KATHERINE

CATRINE   f   Swedish
Swedish variant of KATRINE

CECILIA   f   English, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Finnish, Dutch, German
Latinate feminine form of the Roman family name Caecilius, which was derived from Latin caecus "blind"... [more]

CHARLOTTA   f   Swedish
Swedish variant of CHARLOTTE

CHARLOTTE   f   French, English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch
French feminine diminutive of CHARLES... [more]

CHRISTER   m   Swedish, Danish
Swedish and Danish diminutive of CHRISTIAN

CHRISTIAN   m   English, French, German, Scandinavian
From the Medieval Latin name Christianus meaning "a Christian" (see CHRISTOS)... [more]

CHRISTIN   f   Scandinavian, German
Variant of KRISTIN

CHRISTINA   f   English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch
From Christiana, the Latin feminine form of CHRISTIAN... [more]

CHRISTINE   f   French, English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch
French form of CHRISTINA, as well as a variant in other languages.

CHRISTOFFER   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian variant of KRISTOFFER

CILLA   f   Swedish, Dutch
Diminutive of CECILIA

DAG   m   Scandinavian
Derived from Old Norse dagr meaning "day".

DAGMAR   f   Scandinavian, German
From the Old Norse name Dagmær, derived from the elements dagr "day" and mær "maid".

DAGNY   f   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Dagný, which was derived from the elements dagr "day" and ný "new".

DANIEL   m   English, Hebrew, French, German, Scandinavian, Polish, Czech, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovene, Biblical, Biblical Greek
From the Hebrew name דָּנִיֵּאל (Daniyyel) meaning "God is my judge"... [more]

DAVID   m   English, Hebrew, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Czech, Slovene, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Biblical, Biblical Latin
From the Hebrew name דָּוִד (Dawid), which was probably derived from Hebrew דוד (dwd) meaning "beloved"... [more]

DOROTEA   f   Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Finnish
Cognate of DOROTHEA

EA (2)   f   Scandinavian
Short form of names ending in ea.

EBBA (1)   f   German, Scandinavian
Feminine form of EBBE

EBBE   m   German, Scandinavian
Short form of EBERHARD and other names beginning with the Germanic element eber meaning "wild boar"... [more]

EDITH   f   English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch
From the Old English name Eadgyð, derived from the elements ead "rich, blessed" and gyð "war"... [more]

EDVARD   m   Scandinavian, Finnish, Slovene, Czech
Cognate of EDWARD

EDVIN   m   Scandinavian, Finnish, Hungarian
Scandinavian, Finish and Hungarian form of EDWIN

EGIL   m   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Egill, a diminutive of names that began with either of the elements egg "edge of a sword" or agi "discipline, awe, terror"... [more]

EILERT   m   Frisian, Scandinavian
Frisian and Scandinavian form of EGILHARD

EINAR   m   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Einarr, derived from the elements ein "one" and arr "warrior"... [more]

ELEONORA   f   Italian, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Polish
Cognate of ELEANOR

ELIAS   m   Greek, Portuguese, German, Scandinavian, Finnish, English, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Cognate of ELIJAH... [more]

ELIN   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of HELEN

ELINA   f   Finnish, Swedish
Finnish and Swedish form of HELEN

ELISABET   f   Scandinavian, Finnish, Biblical Greek
Scandinavian and Finnish form of ELIZABETH

ELISABETH   f   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, English, Biblical (Variant), Biblical Latin
German and Dutch form of ELIZABETH... [more]

ELISE   f   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, English
Short form of ELIZABETH

ELLA (2)   f   English, Scandinavian
Diminutive of ELEANOR, ELLEN (1), and other names beginning with El... [more]

ELLINOR   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of ELEANOR

ELOF   m   Swedish
From the Old Norse name Eileifr, which was derived from the elements ei "ever" and leifr "heir".

ELOV   m   Swedish
Variant of ELOF

ELSA   f   English, German, Swedish, Finnish
Short form of ELISABETH

ELVA (2)   f   Danish, Swedish
Feminine form of ALF (1)

EMANUEL   m   Scandinavian, German, Romanian
Scandinavian, German and Romanian form of EMMANUEL

EMELIE   f   Swedish
Swedish feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL).

EMIL   m   German, Scandinavian, Czech, Polish, Slovene, Hungarian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, English
From the Roman family name Aemilius, which was derived from Latin aemulus meaning "rival".

EMILIA   f   Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Finnish, Polish, Scandinavian
Feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL).

EMILIE   f   German, Scandinavian
German and Scandinavian feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL).

ENOK   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of ENOCH

ERIC   m   English, French, Swedish
From the Old Norse name Eiríkr, derived from the elements ei "ever" and ríkr "ruler"... [more]

ERICA   f   English, Swedish
Feminine form of ERIC... [more]

ERIK   m   Scandinavian, Finnish, Czech, Slovene, German, English
Cognate of ERIC... [more]

ERIKA   f   Scandinavian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Czech, Slovene, English
Feminine form of ERIK

ERLAND   m   Swedish, Danish
From the Old Norse byname Erlendr, which was derived from örlendr meaning "foreigner".

ERLING   m   Scandinavian
Means "descendent of the jarl", a derivative of the Old Norse word jarl meaning "chieftain, nobleman, earl".

ESBJÖRN   m   Swedish
Swedish variant form of ÁSBJÖRN

ESTER   f   Scandinavian, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Finnish
Cognate of ESTHER

EVA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Czech, Bulgarian, Slovene, Russian, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Latin
Latinate form of EVE... [more]

EVELINA   f   English, Italian, Swedish
Latinate form of AVELINE... [more]

FELICIA   f   English, Spanish, Hungarian, Romanian, Dutch, Swedish, Late Roman
Feminine form of the Latin name Felicius, a derivative of FELIX... [more]

FELIX   m   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, English, Romanian, Ancient Roman, Biblical, Biblical Latin
From a Roman cognomen meaning "lucky, successful" in Latin... [more]

FILIP   m   Scandinavian, Dutch, Czech, Bulgarian, Polish, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian, Hungarian, Romanian
Cognate of PHILIP

FILIPPA   f   Russian, Greek, Swedish
Russian, Greek and Swedish feminine form of PHILIP

FINN (2)   m   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Finnr which meant "person from Finland".

FOLKE   m   Scandinavian
Short form of various Old Norse names that contain the element folk meaning "people", and thus a cognate of FULK.

FRANS   m   Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish
Dutch, Scandinavian and Finnish form of Franciscus (see FRANCIS).

FREDRIK   m   Swedish, Finnish
Swedish form of FREDERICK... [more]

FREDRIKA   f   Swedish
Swedish feminine form of FREDERICK

FREJ   m   Danish, Swedish, German
Danish, Swedish and German form of FREYR

FREJA   f   Danish, Swedish, German
Danish, Swedish and German form of FREYA

FRIDA   f   Scandinavian, Ancient Germanic
Germanic name, originally a short form of other feminine names containing the Germanic element frid meaning "peace"... [more]

FRIDTJOF   m   Scandinavian
Variant of FRITJOF

FRITJOF   m   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Friðþjófr meaning "thief of peace", derived from the elements friðr "peace" and þjófr "thief".

GABRIEL   m   French, German, Scandinavian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
From the Hebrew name גַבְרִיאֵל (Gavri'el) meaning "strong man of God"... [more]

GABRIELLA   f   Italian, Hungarian, English, Swedish
Feminine form of GABRIEL

GEORG   m   German, Scandinavian, Estonian
German form of GEORGE... [more]

GERDA (2)   f   Scandinavian
Latinized form of GERD (2)

GERHARD   m   German, Dutch, Swedish, Ancient Germanic
German, Dutch and Swedish form of GERARD

GINA   f   Italian, English, Scandinavian
Short form of GEORGINA, REGINA, LUIGINA, and other names ending in gina... [more]

GITTAN   f   Swedish
Swedish diminutive of BIRGITTA

GJORD   m   Swedish
Contracted form of GUÐFRIÐR

GÖRAN   m   Swedish
Medieval Swedish form of GEORGE

GÖSTA   m   Swedish
Swedish variant of GUSTAV

GÖSTAV   m   Swedish (Archaic)
Swedish variant of GUSTAV

GOTTFRID   m   Swedish
Swedish form of GODFREY

GREGER   m   Swedish
Swedish form of GREGORY

GRETA   f   Swedish, German, English
Diminutive of MARGARETA... [more]

GUDMUND   m   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Guðmundr which was derived from the elements guð "god" and mundr "protection".

GULL   f   Scandinavian
Short form of various Scandinavian names beginning with the Old Norse element guð meaning "god".

GUNDA   f   German, Scandinavian
Short form of names containing the Germanic element gund which means "war".

GUNHILD   f   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Gunnhildr, derived from the elements gunnr "war" and hildr "battle".

GUNHILDA   f   Scandinavian (Rare)
Variant of GUNHILD

GUNILLA   f   Swedish
Swedish variant of GUNHILD

GUNNAR   m   Scandinavian, Norse Mythology
From the Old Norse name Gunnarr which was derived from the elements gunnr "war" and arr "warrior" (making it a cognate of GÜNTHER)... [more]

GUNNE   m   Scandinavian
Short form of GUNNAR

GUNVOR   f   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Gunnvör meaning "cautious in war" from gunnr "war" combined with vor "vigilant, cautious".

GUSTAF   m   Swedish, German
Swedish and German variant of GUSTAV

GUSTAV   m   Scandinavian, German
Possibly means "staff of the Goths", derived from the Old Norse elements Gautr "Goth" and stafr "staff"... [more]

HÅKAN   m   Swedish
Swedish form of Hákon (see HÅKON).

HALSTEN   m   Swedish
Old Swedish form of Hallsteinn (see HALSTEIN).

HALVAR   m   Swedish
Swedish form of HALVARD

HAMPUS   m   Swedish
Swedish diminutive of HANS

HANNA (1)   f   Scandinavian, Finnish, Polish, Ukrainian, German, Dutch, Icelandic
Cognate of HANNAH

HANNA (2)   f   German, Scandinavian, Finnish, Dutch
Short form of JOHANNA

HANNE (2)   f   German, Scandinavian
Variant of HANNA (1)

HANS   m   German, Dutch, Scandinavian
German, Dutch and Scandinavian short form of JOHANNES... [more]

HARALD   m   Scandinavian, German
Scandinavian and German cognate of HAROLD... [more]

HASSE   m   Swedish
Swedish diminutive of HANS